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CVE-2018-4178
A permissions issue existed in which execute permission was incorrectly granted. This issue was addressed with improved permission…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.26%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A permissions issue existed in which execute permission was incorrectly granted. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue affected versions prior to macOS High Sierra 10.13.4.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- A local user may be able to view sensitive user information
- CWE-732 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-732 and its CVEs
Affected products
macOS
- affected Versions prior to: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4
References (1)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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